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For Business and Pleasure

Red-Light Districts and the Regulation of Vice in the United States, 1890-1933

For Business and Pleasure( )
Author: Keire, Mara Laura
Series title:Studies in Industry and Society Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8018-9413-8
Publication Date:Mar 2010
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $65.00
Book Description:

Mara L. Keire's history of red-light districts in the United States offers readers a fascinating survey of the business of pleasure from the 1890s through the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. Anti-vice reformers in the late nineteenth century accepted that complete eradication of disreputable pleasure was impossible. Seeking a way to regulate rather ......

Book Details
Pages:248
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Prostitution & Sex Trade
Political Science / Law Enforcement
Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.85 Inches
Book Weight:1.05 Pounds



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